18 Facts About Donna Tartt

Donna Louise Tartt was born on December 23,1963 and is an American novelist.

Donna Tartt wrote the novels The Secret History, The Little Friend, and The Goldfinch, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and was adapted into a 2019 film of the same name.

Donna Tartt was included in Time magazine's 2014 "100 Most Influential People" list.

Donna Louise Tartt was born in Greenwood, Mississippi, in the Mississippi Delta, the elder of two daughters.

Donna Tartt was raised in the nearby town of Grenada.

Donna Tartt's father, Don Tartt, was a rockabilly musician, turned freeway "service station owner-cum-local politician", while her mother, Taylor, was a secretary.

Donna Tartt's parents were avid readers, and her mother would read while driving.

Donna Tartt was first published at 13, when a sonnet was included in a 1976 edition of the Mississippi Review.

In 1981, Donna Tartt enrolled in the University of Mississippi, where she pledged for the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority and wrote short stories for The Daily Mississippian.

At Bennington, Donna Tartt studied classics with Claude Fredericks, and met Bret Easton Ellis, Jonathan Lethem, and Jill Eisenstadt.

Donna Tartt's 2013 novel The Goldfinch was a bestseller and received the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, though some critics felt that novel was juvenile and not literary.

Donna Tartt was not given the option to write the screenplay or act as a producer for the film, and reportedly fired longtime agent Amanda Urban over the deal.

Donna Tartt is a convert to Catholicism and contributed an essay, "The spirit and writing in a secular world", to The Novel, Spirituality and Modern Culture.

Donna Tartt has spent about ten years writing each of her novels.

In 2002, it was reported that Donna Tartt had lived in Greenwich Village, the Upper East Side, and on a farm near Charlottesville, Virginia.

Donna Tartt has stated that she would never get married.

In 2013, Donna Tartt claimed that she was not a recluse while stressing the freedoms of shutting the door, closing the curtains, and not participating in the life of culture.

Donna Tartt dedicated her second novel to someone named Neal, although she did not elaborate on his identity.